In his role as guardian of the nation’s finances, the small matter of whether Rishi Sunak is an unstoppable feeder or miserly belt-tightener is still up for debate – and probably best left to colleagues who can count. What’s less ambiguous is the Chancellor’s policy on his own waistband. In that department, it seems, he’s very much led by data and not dates (though, incidentally, dates are high in fibre and antioxidants), and the data is telling him that nutritional austerity is the best way to go. “The guy doesn’t really eat much,” a friend of Sunak’s revealed to the Sunday Times this week. “He’ll sustain himself throughout the day with a Granny Smith apple and some cashew nuts.”

Source: Daily Nation March 04, 2021 14:15 UTC